For this scholar, trash is treasure
Anthropologist Joshua Reno studies the economics and politics — even empires — that waste creates. Read more
Anthropologist turns to the alpaca
Anthropologist D. Andrew Merriwether studies a disorder found in both humans and the alpaca. Read more
How the Fed learned to talk
For the Fed to be effective, it needs the public (and the markets) to listen clearly to what it says, and to act accordingly, Binghamton anthropologist Douglas Holmes writes in The New York Times. Read more
Could alpacas help cure human diseases?
Binghamton researcher Andrew Merriwether, a biologist, anthropologist and alpaca farmer, tells Fox 40 TV that studying alpaca genes may also help humans. Read more
DNA analysis shakes up Neandertal theories
New research suggests that Western European Neandertals were on the verge of extinction long before modern humans showed up. Read more
How your cat is making you crazy
Chris Reiber, a biomedical anthropologist at Binghamton, tells The Atlantic that the flu virus might boost our desire to socialize. It’s one of several theories in a piece devoted to parasites and their effect on behavior. Read more
